George Abraham

GeorgeAbraham is a Palestinian-American poet, activist, and Engineering PhD Candidate at Harvard University. He is a Pushcart and Best New Poets nominee, and a recipient of the Lois Morrell Poetry Prize, as well as the Favianna Rodriguez Award for Artistic Activism. His chapbook, al youm: for yesterday & her inherited traumas – was a winner of the Atlas Review’s 2016 chapbook contest. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Vinyl, Apogee, Kweli, Thrush, Winter Tangerine, and the Ghassan Kanafani Palestinian Literature Anthology. He hopes to continue bringing awareness to Palestinian human rights/socio-economic struggles through art.Artist Website: http://gabrahampoet.wixsite.com/gabrahampoet